Angle measurement device employing angle sensor and electronics with lead circuitry integrally formed on a printed circuit board

An integral resistive angle measurement device consisting essentially of the following elements:

• a single printed circuit board having front and back surfaces;
• a pair of sensor plates formed on the back surface of said single printed circuit board;
• a single cylindrically-shaped cap sealed to said back surface of said single printed circuit board so as to cover said pair of sensor plates, said cap retaining a volume of resistive sensor fluid in contact with a portion of each one of said pair of sensor plates;
• a metallic sealing ring surrounding said pair of sensor plates, said metallic sealing ring being electrically insulated from said pair of sensor plates, said single cylindrically-shaped cap being sealed to said metallic sealing ring by soldering;
• a flat metallic web mounted on said back surface of said printed circuit board between said pair of sensor plates, said flat metallic web being positioned perpendicular to said single printed circuit board, and said flat metallic web including at 1 east one opening therein for permitting communication of said resisitive fluid across said flat metallic web;
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• electronic circuitry mounted only on said front surface of said single printed circuit board, said electronic circuitry being responsive to incremental angular rotation of said angle measurement device for providing an output signal representative of an angle of rotation of said angle measurement device.